The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　“Then we can’t even be sure if the other side is the Heavenly Court. I suggest we summon another one and give it the order to return immediately after entering,” Stanley Longfellow suddenly interjected.

　Gavin North then said, “Let Quintina try.” His daughter, Quintina North, immediately summoned an electric-type magical spirit and then whispered instructions for a moment.

　Then, the magical sprite shot into the sky and rushed into the thundercloud in the blink of an eye, crashing into the vortex.

　Just half a minute later, the magical sprite returned to its original spot.

　It appears to be intact.

　Quintina summoned the magical spirit back to her side and, after examining it carefully, said, "It seems that it is indeed just a matter of stepping in normally. But after entering, you won't immediately enter the 'Heavenly Court'... Instead, there's a passage with solid ground beneath your feet. That passage isn't short, and whether there are any dangers within it is unknown. We still can't be sure if the other end of the passage leads to the 'Heavenly Court.'"

　Is there one more passageway?

　Dark frowned slightly and said, "That should be a space tunnel." Professor Sylph said, "In any case, we have to go in. Since we can freely enter and exit that vortex, let's go in and take a look."

　After she finished speaking, she waved her hand, and a wisp of breeze blew by, which then condensed into the form of "Wind Spirit Queen Sylph" around her.

　The "Wind Spirit King" is ready.

　But this also meant that the giant whale's "summoning order" was about to end, and the "Mist Beasts," following the command to "eliminate the intruders," would soon surge in. Bishop Sabrina Melville and the others immediately felt a bit of pressure.

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　“We have to go in eventually.” Gavin North took a deep breath, straightened his back, and said to the soldiers behind him, “Prepare your armor!”

　"Yes!" the northern warriors responded in unison.

　Then Gavin North’s two children were ushered into the carriage—the only carriage in the North, pulled by a four-winged, two-legged dragon with two pairs of wings.

　However, the carriage wasn't very spacious. After Quintina and Fred got in, Count Stanley Longfellow quickly squeezed in as well.

　But this time, the guard Gwen did not enter the carriage with him. Only the three of them were inside.

　Gavin North's winged tiger beast had already been taken away by the descending party. The northern warriors buffed each other, cast protective spells, and quickly prepared.

　The same applies to the Holy Church on the other side.

　However, the Holy Church's spell effects were much brighter, making everyone extremely dazzling.

　Dark and the others had already returned to the carriage compartment of the pumpkin carriage and activated the carriage's magical barrier.

　Having come this far, none of them felt they should turn back. The only regret was that the giant man-eating flower beast—it instinctively resisted entering the "Heavenly Court," and ultimately took root on the summit of this mountain, burying its true form beneath the ground and disguising itself as an "ordinary" man-eating flower.

　It will wait here for Ergani's return!

　Once everything is ready.

　The pumpkin carriage took the lead, flying towards the black vortex.

　A brand new barrier unfolded along the way, enveloping the carriage, its surface crackling with purple electricity.

　"Boom!"

　Just as the Holy Church and the Northern forces were about to catch up, a clap of thunder suddenly rang out in the sky.

　A bolt of lightning as thick as a child's arm slammed down on the pumpkin carriage! Even when the magical spirit entered the vortex earlier, it hadn't triggered this thundercloud attack.

　Professor Mitia's pumpkin carriage was immediately identified as a "target" as soon as it approached.

　The slender bolt of lightning struck the barrier, and the entire bolt of lightning was decomposed into a large amount of current along the surface of the barrier, causing the current on the surface of the barrier to increase instantly.

　Feeling the slight tremors as the lightning bolts fell, everyone in the carriage prepared patiently.

　The pumpkin carriage stubbornly continued its charge towards the black vortex, defying the lightning pillars.

　Then came the second and third bolts of lightning... more and more lightning struck, but none of them could even break through the lightning protection barrier of the pumpkin carriage.

　"If this is a screening process, then we obviously all meet the requirements."

　Professor Mitia said calmly.

　With the pumpkin carriage holding firm, the people following behind were largely unharmed.

　It seemed that all of Thundercloud's attention was drawn to the pumpkin carriage.

　The distance between the thunderclouds and the mountaintop was not far.

　Despite such strong resistance, the pumpkin carriage charged headlong into the thunderclouds and continued towards the dark vortex.

　However, the people inside the carriage were all on high alert the moment the carriage rushed into the whirlpool, ready to deal with any possible accidents.

　Just as the two magical spirits had tried before, the pumpkin carriage encountered no resistance when it rushed into the black vortex. The only sensation was perhaps a slight dizziness as it crossed the spatial barrier.

　But the dizziness completely disappeared after the carriage entered. And what first came into view was indeed a passage that seemed to have no end!

　However, it was, after all, a message from a magical spirit that lacked sentience.

　It did not explain that the walls of this passage were actually shaped like those inside a living organism.

　The entire passage was like a tube of flesh and blood, with the flesh and blood on the four walls even pulsating.

　Dark and the others observed the carriage through a crystal ball from inside the carriage. The carriage was floating in mid-air and had come to a temporary stop.

　After a while, the Holy Church and the Northern forces rushed into the vortex one after another. They had clearly all encountered lightning attacks during that final period. But they were all fine, with only a few appearing slightly disheveled.

　What truly causes fluctuations is what happens after entering the channel.

　The walls of that passageway, resembling a chamber of flesh and blood, were indeed nauseating. But as long as your feet didn't touch the ground...

　Well, there are always people who are on the ground. That feeling is self-evident.

　But once they entered the passage, there was no turning back. After the group regrouped, they continued onward.

　The pumpkin carriage was still leading the way.

　But the Twin Paladins were already riding unicorns, guarding it from the left and right.

　The passage stretched as far as the eye could see, its very appearance raising suspicions. No one could know what horrors awaited if one continued forward.

　Fortunately, there was no fog inside the passage, so visibility and perception were not obstructed.

　The pumpkin carriage then proceeded at a normal speed.

　Two fox-heart flames pulled the carriage, their flickering light illuminating the vast expanse of flesh and blood through the passageway.

　As they continued forward, the flesh and blood in the passage seemed increasingly real.

　The entire passage looked as if it were leading people into a gaping maw. They were quite cautious, proceeding step by step.

　Finally, after advancing for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, something unexpected happened. But it wasn't an encounter with any monster; the suspicion was that it was a trap set up within the passage.

　Rather, it's a phenomenon that's almost like "disappearing into the shadows"!

　The term "divine disappearance" means "being hidden away by gods or monsters." In legends, it usually refers to humans being invited by gods or monsters and disappearing from human society, their whereabouts unknown.

　In other words, someone has disappeared!

　Before this long, bloody passage had even reached its end, some people had already been "swallowed up".

　The phenomenon of "disappearance" occurs without leaving any trace.

　The first to disappear was Gavin North's daughter, Quintina North.

　The girl with long, sky-blue hair was sitting in the carriage, talking quietly with her brother, trying to relieve her tension through conversation.

　Count Stanley Longfellow would occasionally chime in. The atmosphere inside the carriage wasn't actually that dull.

　But at one point during the conversation, Fred North suddenly realized that no one was responding, so he instinctively turned to look at his sister, who had been sitting next to him, and she had vanished without warning!

　He didn't react in that instant.

　Stanley Longfellow was the first to cry out, causing the driver to immediately stop the car and then forcefully open the door to ask loudly.

　The female bodyguard, Gwen, rushed into the carriage like lightning.

　Stanley Longfellow was still in shock. He calmed down after seeing Gwen and said in a still surprised tone, "Gwen, have you seen Quintina? She was sitting there, and then she suddenly disappeared."

　"So-and-so has disappeared."

　Upon hearing the news, Gavin North rushed into the carriage, his eyes gradually showing panic.

　Having been guarding outside the carriage the whole time, he was well aware that no one had stepped out of the carriage pulled by the "four-winged dragon".

　Even with his perception, he couldn't detect any fluctuations from spatial teleportation. Even if his spatial perception wasn't particularly sharp, none of the many people present, even those with stronger perception than him, reacted in any way.

　He had mentally prepared himself for the possibility of his children getting into trouble. But when he actually encountered it, and faced with such a bizarre and inexplicable event, he ultimately broke down.

　"What happened"

　Representatives from both the Church and the Academy gathered around.

　The northern warriors, who already knew what had happened, then recounted what had occurred.

　The people involved exchanged bewildered glances, all wearing expressions of surprise and uncertainty. A living person of that size couldn't simply vanish without a trace. But seeking an explanation yielded no clues whatsoever.

　Upon learning of this, Professor Medea immediately returned to the carriage, attempting to ask Ergani if ​​she had sensed any unusual aura.

　Among this team, if we were to say who has the strongest perception, it would be no surprise that no one could compare to the "God of Wisdom".

　However, Ergani simply shook her head and said, "No, I couldn't even sense the slightest trace of divinity. Of course, that doesn't mean it never existed if I didn't sense it. It just means that my perception was insufficient to detect it."

　Upon hearing this, Dak and the other professors all shook their heads solemnly.

　Just in case, Dark always kept "Magical Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" and "Magical Beast: God of Destruction" with him.

　But even in "Fantasy Beasts: Goddess of the Mind's Eye", no divine energy flow was observed.

　Therefore, Quintina North's disappearance seems exceptionally serious!

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　The group thus stopped in this bloody passage.

　The academy representatives emerged from the pumpkin carriage, filled with questions. Quintina North's mysterious disappearance had sounded an alarm bell for everyone present.

　They therefore frequently observed their surroundings, worried that someone else might also disappear mysteriously like Quintina.

　After Dak jumped off the carriage, he saw Bishop Sabrina Melville emerge from the carriage in the North, her expression grave.

　He exchanged glances with the professors, then stepped forward and asked, "Have you found anything?"

　Bishop Sabrina Melville shook her head and said, "We found nothing."

　This is the worst answer.

　Dark's face grew serious as he entered the carriage to observe. But inside the carriage, apart from Count Gavin North still blindly searching and Fred North standing to the side, seemingly lost in thought, there was no trace of anything else.

　Although Dark didn't think he could find the clues in this carriage that even Bishop Sabrina Melville hadn't been able to find, he still activated the "Eye of Truth" and searched again.

　But when he finally stepped out of the carriage, he still had nothing to show for it.

　"A sudden disappearance without any warning..." Professor Kazel frowned. "Could it be that it triggered a special mechanism of this passage?"

　Professor Sylph said, "That is indeed a possibility. After all, we know nothing about this passage, and it could have any power at all. But since even Ergani and Dark's 'magical beasts' didn't detect it... then its power should be even greater than Ergani's."

　This is why the college attaches such importance to it.

　Although Ergane was not at her peak, she was, after all, the "Goddess of Wisdom." The fact that even she hadn't discovered anything suggests that the power that caused Quintina Nos's mysterious disappearance was at least divine.

　Moreover, it cannot be explained by the power of a low-level god.

　Before they could even truly enter the "Heavenly Court," they were attacked by divine power!

　But at this point, even knowing it was caused by divine power, they could only grit their teeth and continue.

　The academy did not reveal its judgment. However, the Holy Church had clearly already sensed something.

　After exchanging a few quick words with them, Bishop Sabrina Melville jumped into the Holy See's chariot and began a private discussion with the person inside.

　Among the people in the northern region, some also noticed the problem.

　However, Gavin North, the "North Wind Tiger," was like a wounded tiger at this moment, ready to explode at the slightest provocation.

　The people of the North, even Garvin North's son Fred North, dared not utter a sound, for fear of provoking him.

　While Gavin North is mostly rational, it seems that precisely because of this, he can be extremely dangerous when he becomes irrational.

　With his beloved daughter's fate now unknown, it's impossible for him to remain calm.

　But it is precisely at such a critical moment that calm is needed most. Stanley Longfellow, in fact, did it better than him. After a moment of panic, the flamboyant count quickly regained his composure and ordered the northern warriors to investigate.

　Of course, they didn't uncover anything either. The atmosphere within the Northern team became increasingly oppressive as a result. The accumulating pressure made it possible for the team to explode at any moment.

　Finally, Fred North stepped out of the carriage and began to take command of the troops in place of his father.

　In the North, where strength reigns supreme, Fred North, who surpassed his master, was quite prestigious. However, unlike Gavin North, he was somewhat shy.